MY HUSBAND'S ANCESTOR WAS A SLAVE IN DISMAL SWAMP

Southern Poverty Law Center

"These people performed a critique of a brutal capitalistic enslavement system, and they rejected it completely. They risked everything to live in a more just and equitable way, and they were successful for ten generations."

Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways

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  Phyllis Carter  -An ancestor of my husband was a slave in Dismal Swamp. He was a "carter" - hauling lumber by mule and cart out of the swamp. They called those carts "drays". Once the mule would not move and Cliff's ancestor punched it in the jaw. The story goes that he broke the mule's jaw. Those were not pretty times. 
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